The Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.78° S 153.15° E

The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Reef sea temperature is
20.9°C
0.4° 

The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Reef today (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 12PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (08 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (08 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

Table - waves today at The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Wed night, strong winds from the SSE by Thu morning).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
NE
7
1.2
SE
5
1.4
SE
6
1.3
SE
6
1.3
SE
6
1.1
SE
5
0.9
SE
5
0.8
SE
5
0.7
SE
6
0.6
ESE
6
0.6
ESE
6
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
1.4
SE
5
2.4
SE
6
2.5
SE
7
3
SE
8
2.5
SE
7
2.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
37
37
26
70
120
111
103
73
47
34
31
21
21
46
46
46
87
479
784
908
679
756
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
SSE
20
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:49AM1.15m
6:16PM1.89m
6:39AM1.31m
7:00PM1.93m
7:22AM1.45m
7:40PM1.91m
Low Tide
11:29AM0.23m
00:54AM0.22m
12:24PM0.17m
1:31AM0.16m
1:14PM0.14m
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:52
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
5:37
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
20
19
19
19
18
17
16
16
18
19
19
18
17
18
17
16
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
17
19
16
15
14
15
15
13
14
17
18
18
17
17
18
14
11
12
11
11
11
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest